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Determination of a National Emergency Requiring Actions To Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed by the Transportation System (Jan. 27, 2021)

Determination of a National Emergency Requiring Actions To Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed by the Transportation System, 86 Fed. Reg. 8217 (Feb. 4, 2021)

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security David P. Pekoske · United States transportation system (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States transportation system
Level
Federal
Authority
49 U.S.C. § 114(g) (emergency authority over transportation security)
Issued
2021-01-27 Jan. 27, 2021
Effective
2021-01-27
End
remained the predicate for the TSA directives through their expiration in April 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Jan. 27, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • Transportation Security Administration
Functions reached
  • predicate for the transport layer
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security on January 27, 2021, issued a Declaration of a National Emergency Requiring Actions to Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed by the Transportation System ('declaration'). The declaration finds that a national emergency exists and directs the Transportation Security Administration to take certain actions to promote safety in and to secure the transportation system and to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through the transportation system.

Enforcement

Predicate for the TSA security directives (FED-050 to FED-055)

Notes

A second, DHS-level national emergency determination, separate from Proclamation 9994, in force throughout 2021Q3 and expressly directed at 'the transportation system'.